Perfect No More? Naoya Inoue (Japan) vs David Picasso (Mexico) | Boxing Full Fights Highlights HD

The undefeated challenger, El Rey Picasso! Across the ring, fighting out of the red corner, the undisputed champion of the world, Naoya Inoue! Alright gentlemen, you received the instructions in the dressing room. Know what I expect? A good, clean fight. Touch gloves, good luck to both of you. Buenas noches a todos. Touch gloves. Inoue, Picasso, underway! Can Picasso paint a masterpiece, so to speak, and do the unthinkable here in the main event? Seeing something already that we haven't seen much of this evening, and that's feinting. And we're seeing Inoue feinting really well. Trying to unlock that defense, that tight defense of Picasso. There are openings to the body though, of the Mexican. We've seen how well. He was studying for finals in neuroscience, so this time he has a clear mind and a lot of planning. Historically very measured in the opening round. Look at that hand speed from Inoue. Two punch combination to the body as he lands a left hook up top. And our main event is underway here in Riyadh. Round two underway. Saw Inoue's father, Shingo, in his corner, as we referenced earlier on here tonight. Also the trainer of his brother, Takuma Inoue. And the Inoue brothers of Inoue fight. Even in fights like the Lee Jun Kim fight, Mike, where he knew that his opponent was overmatched, he still gives them the respect of having that wide opening round and gathering information. The wrong direction, Picasso. He's moving on to that right hand. He's better off taking a little step to his right hand side, away from that thunderous right of Inoue. Nice right hand in reply from Picasso. There was a nice right hook there from Inoue. Yes, there was. Got around that left guard, didn't it, of Picasso. The speed, you know, which makes it very hard to be beaten. So far, this has been a body punching clinic. We see both guys landing big shots to the midsection. Right in front of Picasso, daring him to exchange. And at times, standing right in front of him, lead hand down. Shot right through the guard of Inoue as well. Standing in there as he gets cracked with a left hook. Taking a couple of good shots here. Alan Picasso. Good left hook there from Picasso. And the action is heating up. Picasso with Phillies in the fight now. Two rounds gone, and he's still there. Round three underway. Yeah, Corey, and there's also a lot of talk in their house there for a couple of years now. Him going all the way up to 126. Yeah, I would imagine that might be the limit. It's not 130, but... A real good effort, though, from the Mexican Picasso trying to enforce his physical strength into this contest. Yeah, taking a slight step back here and adhering the advice of his corner, who told him, hey, you don't want to get into a tariff. Yeah, look, it's still early, and Inoue's winning the fight, but... Inoue just missing a blockade of a right hand there inside the final minute of round three. To throw that classy four-five punch combination but then a nice double left hook. Head, then body, as he does again there, he screwed the uppercut through. Nice work from Picasso. Picasso's landing a lot to the body. He's finding a hole for those shots. Double left hook there for Picasso as he misses with a right hand behind it. Couple of clubbing shots, one behind the head there from Inoue as we head back to the corners. Win and win impressively. Inoue came to win and win impressively in this fight, so Inoue... Look at that. Just a fraction of a moment, he's awakened. Bursting in his moment's glory, landing some good shots, and unleashing his combinations. Into the weight class. Or wicked left hook up top there. I think there he was selling that body shot and then came wicking with left hand. Yeah, good. He's over-exaggerating the move. You see that? It's just a step ahead of him here. He's over-exaggerating the move. Fraction left right. You know what? Half a step back, and that enables you to... That was a nice left to the body. Hook up top there from Inoue. Inoue, as promised, a more aggressive version of himself here tonight than he was against MJ Akhmadaliyev. And you can see through large stretches where he's just planting his feet, waiting in front of Picasso. Lovely jab. One of the best jabs in world boxing, in a way. Jab to the body. Yeah, I'll show you. He seems excited about it. I think he wants Picasso to open up like you've been saying for him. Absolutely. You're in control of a contest. It's so important. These are marathon, not sprints. These 12-round contests. I've been able to control the pace, the direction, where he... what comes back. Yeah, that was a beautiful right hand there. And look at the confidence from Inoue. Hands low, moving the head, moving target all the time. Look, rolling under that left hook. Beautiful boxing. Ring Magazine, an undisputed champion. Now Inoue putting on an offensive show so far. But Alain Picasso still hanging in there with him. And again, the tap upstairs and drop to the body. You can see when he puts his hands higher, there are gaps downstairs for Inoue. So something to aim for. Closed in on the final minute here of round six. Inoue just missing with that pull counter right hand over the top. The way he manages to find that left to the body round, the right elbow of Picasso really is a thing of beauty. A spot there for Picasso hanging out on the ropes. Inoue winds up with another hard body shot there. Picasso spending more and more time with his back against the ropes as we head towards round seven. So round seven begins here in our main event between Naoya Inoue and Alain Picasso. A night of the samurai here in Riyadh. Yeah, he's just been a step ahead. They want to see Picasso sort of work off the mistakes or I would say it's more in a way just switching off every now and again. And he's been caught with attack the body first, stay low and try and get closer to Inoue. But I mean it's easier said than done. And it just feels like the hand speed disparity is one of the biggest factors in this fight. And Inoue consistently beating Picasso to the punch. A little adjustment and you get caught with something silly. That was better defensively. Nice left hook taken on the glove though from Inoue. The fans have traveled here in support of Picasso trying to wrap. Thank you so much Adi. You heard the round of applause from Mike Hoppinger to my left here. Yeah, I mean that would be easy work but I wouldn't mind seeing it. The durability of Picasso that we are here in the eighth round considering those numbers. Picasso changing his posture up a little bit dipping down low. Inoue cruising so far and cruising toward a showdown with Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome next year. That would shatter every record there is in Japan. Round 9 begins. Monster in complete control here in our main event. But not taking any silly risks at the minute. Complete control. Outclassed in the Mexican right now. Lands a nice left to the body but getting one inch out of the way of that big left hook of Picasso. Just the confidence and the skill level of the Monster. And on the flip side Corey we just see Picasso just pull a jab there. He was about 6 inches short the target and that shows a real lack of confidence. Body shot again there from Inoue. I really think these lefts to the body have done some real damage to Picasso. He just can't stop him in his tracks. None of these shots are having any effect on Inoue. Good clubby shot there from Inoue. And a late right. Round 10 now underway. Looking at Inoue in the corner. Both the condition of his face and how heavy he's not breathing. It looks like he just entered the ring right now. Yeah, walking the park right now. There's no disrespect to Picasso who's trying but the speed and the accuracy is that of his shots in the first round. You know the head movement too tonight guys. I think we often think about and talk about Inoue in terms of how brilliant his offense is but he's one of those fighters it seems like his blood pressure goes down when the bell rings. Yeah, composure and discipline is just you know I say all the time they're sort of fundamentals they get overlooked. He was really trying to damage Inoue but we're not seeing that now and that can happen when you have damage around that rib cage. Picasso has said he's been hearing those types of as he calls it Mick Taraki tough love speeches ever since his days as a soccer player where his father was his coach there as well. I mean doing some quick math look at the number of power shots he's thrown and then landed head and body that's nearly that's almost every second power shot he throws is landed. Here a fighter knowing there's microphones around in the corner yeah you heard me to the body there you just don't hear it that often unless it was pretty bad. Inoue landing 47% of his power shots in this fight as we enter the final minute of round 11. Inoue in that neutral corner trying to land something of note look at the defensive skills of Inoue just slipping and sliding and then fires back with fast hands Picasso back that left to the body as well just slipped through the guard and another one right there and Picasso spins off it's been a master class from Inoue thus far Mike Carpenter have you found a round to give Picasso? You know it is the holiday season but I am not Santa Claus I am not getting a gift Santa Coppins you can't find one here of course Mexican fans they are they're a group that appreciates effort and we're getting that from Alain Picasso right to the final bell whether he wins or loses tonight see this up close fantastic he really is work of art as you say but game effort here some fighter some talent we have just witnessed again here in Riyadh special special fighter and that will do it and pound for pound who in the world is better than that man ladies and gentlemen after 12 our championship round for the winner by unanimous decision Naya the monster